Clothes-drier



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F. FRANK.

GLOTHBS DRIER.

No. 435,561. Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2- P. FRANK. CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 435,561. Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

' UNI ED S ATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND FRANK, oF SUISUN, oALIFoRNIA.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,561,dated September 2, 1890.

Application filed May 13, 1890. Serial No. 351,644. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FERDINAND FRANK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Suisun, Solano county, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Clothes-Racks; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a novel rack for drying clothes; and it consists of an arrangement of telescopic tubes having transverse openings made in them to receive rods or bars upon which the clothes are suspended, and a means for suspending said device and raising and lowering it.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure 1 is a view of my clothes-rack extended. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing it closed up.

The object of my improvement is to provide a rack for drying clothes and a means for extending and enlarging the same to suit increased work, or closing it up so as to be entirely out of the way when not in use or for a reduced amount of work.

A B and O are three tubular sections, of which my device is here shown as being composed. These sections have flanges or stops a, which prevent their being separated, and transverse holes D are made in them of sufficient size to admit the rods or bars E, and when the device is extended the lowermost end of one section and the upper end of the next adjacent one are united by a bar E, passing through both. The lower end of the larger section has a cap F, and a suspending cord or rod G is fixed in this cap and extends up through the sections, and the upper end may pass over a pulley or other suspending device in the ceiling and thence to any suitable point where it may be fixed, and by this cord the devicemay be raised or lowered at will. If the transverse bars are all in place,

it will be manifest that every section will be drawn out, and all the bars may be used for the purpose of hanging clothes, and as these bars are at different intervals it is a considerable advantage by reason of separating the clothes from each other and allowing a free circulation of air between them. It will be manifest that as many of these tubular sections may be used as may be desired, and that in this manner aclothes-rack of any desired length may be made, and any quantity of clothes can thus be suspended and to a great extent separated from each other. If only a small number of clothes are to be dried, by removing the transverse rods from the uppermost sections these sections will telescope within those next below and the device will be correspondingly shortened, and when it is not in use all the bars may be drawn out and the tubular sections will then close together, so as to occupy comparatively no space, and being drawn up to the ceiling will be entirely out of the way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The tubular sections telescoping one within another and having the heads and flanges by which they are prevented from separating, transverse holes or openings made through the upper and lower portions of these sections, rods or bars passing through the lower holes in one section and the upper hole in the adjoining section, and a cord whereby the device may be suspended, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FERDINAND FRANK.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM WOLF, M. A. MAYNARD. 

